Resolving membrane and shear locking phenomena in curved shear‐deformable axisymmetric shell elements

A simple two-node axisymmetric shell element with shallowly curved meridian assumptions and the inclusion of shear deformation and rotary inertia is presented. The principal developments include: (a) consistent resolution of the membrane and shear related excessive stiffening (locking) via anisoparametric interpolations of the displacement variables; (b) further upgrading of strain energy by means of a shear relaxation (correction) parameter. The resulting element possesses an improved condition of the stiffness matrix, increased efficiency in explicit time integration and enhanced accuracy in coarse discretizations. Comprehensive vibration examples are carried out to assess the element performance. The numerical results demonstrate a wide applicability range with respect to element slenderness and curvature properties.

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